SOUTH AFRICA Law and Practice Contributed by: Roberto Barreiro, André du Plessis, Sarah Suleman and Shaawn Phooko, KISCH IP
Sarah Suleman is an associate in KISCH IP’s trade mark department, where her primary priorities concern trade mark
Shaawn Phooko is an associate in KISCH IP’s trade mark department who holds an LLB degree and an LLM in IP from the University of Johannesburg. Her focus ranges from trade
litigation matters such as company name objections, domain name disputes, oppositions throughout Africa, and trade mark and copyright infringement proceedings. Sarah also has an understanding of trade mark filings and prosecution, including reporting official actions and filing submissions. Her focus areas extend to preparing quotations, administration of trade mark portfolios, assisting with portfolio takeovers and change of address for service, conducting audits, conducting trade mark availability and registrability searches, drafting deeds of assignment, preparing letters of consent, and facilitating approaches and drafting-related undertakings. Sarah has an LLB from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
mark prosecution – specifically, trade mark searching – to litigation focusing on trade mark infringements, unlawful competition and copyright litigation throughout Africa. Shaawn’s knowledge extends to copyright advice and registration, advising clients on various aspects of copyrights, including ownership and licensing. She has worked for a South African government entity on copyright-related agreements that dealt with the regulation of copyright rights and associated obligations on employees. Shaawn’s additional expertise includes advertising disputes and compliance, domain name disputes and company name objections.
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